I have been telling Katie for awhile now that I wanted to figure out a way to incorporate more video into lifestyle shoots, specifically with family photo shoots. Katie always does such an amazing job at capturing the moment with photos and I was curious if I could do the same except with video. To everyone reading, I think, possibly, we are on the right track to making that happen. Recently we shot family photos with our cousins and while there I decided to put some of my ideas into practice. What came out the other side was what is the beginning of a Home Movie idea that I am going to keep working on.
Read MoreThis is going to be a bit of a short and sweet post and more than anything a bit of a “nerd out” over some new tech we have added to the Bird and Rose arsenal. When Katie and I started Bird and Rose around seven years go, we made a promise that above all our client’s would be our top priority. We had a realization that our Client’s literal memories were being entrusted to us.
Read MoreThere are a few places in the world that I have experienced that feel magic. I am not talking about just seeing it, but really feeling it, running through your brain and heart simultaneously. California is it for me.
Read MoreHome Video with The Grigas
Read MoreWhen you get three family units together the “dad jokes” are sure to fly. During this shoot a stuffed whale made multiple appearances as a way to distract, interact, and just made for a super good time with the kids. During a down moment between photos some of the kids decided to dance around and it was in that moment from behind us the dad joke flew, and around the world it was heard, “shake your whale feather.” There is something profound to that, we should all take a moment to shake our whale feathers this week.
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